Father Zach Weber Homilies

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Our Father and the Chair

GospelLK 11:1-13

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,
one of his disciples said to him,
"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." 
He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend
to whom he goes at midnight and says,
'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey
and I have nothing to offer him,'
and he says in reply from within,
'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked
and my children and I are already in bed. 
I cannot get up to give you anything.'
I tell you,
if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever he needs
because of his persistence.

"And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. 
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 
What father among you would hand his son a snake
when he asks for a fish? 
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Redemptive Suffering

Reading 2COL 1:24-28

Brothers and sisters:
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake,
and in my flesh I am filling up
what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ
on behalf of his body, which is the church,
of which I am a minister
in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me
to bring to completion for you the word of God,
the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.
But now it has been manifested to his holy ones,
to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory
of this mystery among the Gentiles;
it is Christ in you, the hope for glory. 
It is he whom we proclaim,
admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Good, Evil, and Spiritual Warfare

Reading 1 - IS 66:10-14C
Psalm - PS 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20
Reading 2 - GAL 6:14-18
Gospel - LK 10:1-12, 17-21

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Freedom

Reading 1: 1 KGS 19:16B, 19-21

Reading 2: GAL 5:1, 13-18

Gospel  LK 9:51-62

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Green Bay Packers, Preparation, and Resurrection

Readings: 1 Kings 17:17-24, Psalm 30, Galatians 1:11-19, Luke 7:11-17

This summer I challenge you to practice the 4 R's: Reading, Receive, Reconciliation, and Resurrection.

Corpus Christi Homily 5/29/16

Friends,

 attached is my homily from this weekend at St. Mary's in Greenville.

- Deacon Zach Weber